Yes and thank you all. I was looking for the sqlerrm function. On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 9:40 AM, Mercadante, Thomas F (LABOR) <Thomas.Mercadante@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Rumpi, > > The Sqlerrm returns the sql error text. You can catch the error in a PL/SQL > block while you are processing. Is this what you mean, or are the responses > you already received more what you have in mind? > > > Exception > When others > L_error_msg := sqlerrm > > Tom > > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Rumpi Gravenstein > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 8:54 AM > To: oracle-l-freelists > Subject: Oracle Function to Return the error text associated with an oracle > error code > > All, > > Is there an Oracle function that will return the Oracle error text > associated with a particular Oracle error. I know there are web > sites, and OS procedures that do this but have never seen one that can > be called from SQL . Does such a function exist? > > -- > Rumpi Gravenstein > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > > -- Rumpi Gravenstein -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l